There's a book Microsoft Press put out, "introducing" SQL Server 2012.
I say that in quotes because the book is ~300 pages. Yowza!
http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/F/6/FF62CAE0-CE38-4228-9025-FBF729312698/Microsoft_Press_eBook_Introducing_Microsoft_SQL_Server_2012_PDF.pdf
Download it, put it on your e-reader, and commute away!
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Foundation DB on Wired
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/03/foundationdb/
There is a great line in this article about how hard it is to break into an existing market. That is so true.
Dan Brown, author of 48 Days, says that you have to identify your USP - your Unique Selling Proposition. Said another way: why should I buy from you?
The idea of clearing out all the cobwebs in your message before you begin is something near and dear to my heart - after all, as a leader, I routinely have to mentally rehearse before doing something as "simple" as communicating good news to a client.
If I'm not selling myself at every opportunity, then my message is getting lost.
So far, all I remember of Foundation DB is "another NoSQL vendor." It'll be interesting to see how they carve out a position in the marketplace.
There is a great line in this article about how hard it is to break into an existing market. That is so true.
Dan Brown, author of 48 Days, says that you have to identify your USP - your Unique Selling Proposition. Said another way: why should I buy from you?
The idea of clearing out all the cobwebs in your message before you begin is something near and dear to my heart - after all, as a leader, I routinely have to mentally rehearse before doing something as "simple" as communicating good news to a client.
If I'm not selling myself at every opportunity, then my message is getting lost.
So far, all I remember of Foundation DB is "another NoSQL vendor." It'll be interesting to see how they carve out a position in the marketplace.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Yahoo vs. new phone
So I got a new phone.
And on receiving it, I found that Yahoo! Mail was available on the phone via the built in wizard.
On trying to log in, I found that Yahoo! Mail as a service option was set to PoP3 as the default, and wouldn't reflect message deletions on the server, which was, honestly, pretty maddening.
I mean really - this seems like a mature technology feature that should be enabled, fully mature, and available from a vendor as large and complex as the Yahooligan crew.
And on receiving it, I found that Yahoo! Mail was available on the phone via the built in wizard.
On trying to log in, I found that Yahoo! Mail as a service option was set to PoP3 as the default, and wouldn't reflect message deletions on the server, which was, honestly, pretty maddening.
I mean really - this seems like a mature technology feature that should be enabled, fully mature, and available from a vendor as large and complex as the Yahooligan crew.
So, I was poking around for answers, and realized to get Yahoo! Mail on my Android as IMAP was going to be the answer, and that was as simple as pushing "manual setup".
Here's a URL:
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
VOIP, Hacked by DARPA?
So this is kinda old-news, but I still found it fascinating that the attack platform for this hack of VOIP technology was malware-based.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/01/08/eavesdropping-on-your-phone-from-anywhere-in-world/
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/01/08/eavesdropping-on-your-phone-from-anywhere-in-world/
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
On playing DVD's in Ubuntu
I'm a geek. Therefore, the command line does not scare. Bash is my friend, and I like PowerShell most for bringing me the ability to do very real work from a Windows shell script.
However, having recently converted my primary desktop to Ubuntu, every so often I really would like to use or view a DVD. But I can't, by default, in Ubuntu 12.10, view a movie.
So, after some quick searching, I found that to watch a movie in Movie Player in Ubuntu required me to install the package Ubuntu-restricted-extras. This was followed by a quick call on the command line to
However, having recently converted my primary desktop to Ubuntu, every so often I really would like to use or view a DVD. But I can't, by default, in Ubuntu 12.10, view a movie.
So, after some quick searching, I found that to watch a movie in Movie Player in Ubuntu required me to install the package Ubuntu-restricted-extras. This was followed by a quick call on the command line to
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
gmail as default
Do you guys get a little icon next to the favorites star in the omni bar? If so, click it and then you'll get the option to have Gmail handle your mailto links. I had the same issue in Windows. :)
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Firefox url
Firefox extensions check what version of Firefox they run on and sometimes don't run if you are running a newer version of Firefox due to failing the check.
When running development builds of Firefox it's sometimes useful to be able to use these extensions. You can force then extension version check to be ignored by adding the configuration option 'extensions.checkCompatibility' set to 'false'.
This option can be added by going to the URL 'about:config'. Right click on the list and choose 'New', followed by 'Boolean'. Enter the name as 'extensions.checkCompatibility' and the value as 'false'.
Once done extensions will no longer check to see if they are compatible with the verson of Firefox you are running. You can remove the preference or set it to 'true' to enable the check again.
This will only work with Firefox 2 and above as that was when the option was added. It is documented at this Mozilla page.
http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/articles/mozilla/disable-extension-check.html
When running development builds of Firefox it's sometimes useful to be able to use these extensions. You can force then extension version check to be ignored by adding the configuration option 'extensions.checkCompatibility' set to 'false'.
This option can be added by going to the URL 'about:config'. Right click on the list and choose 'New', followed by 'Boolean'. Enter the name as 'extensions.checkCompatibility' and the value as 'false'.
Once done extensions will no longer check to see if they are compatible with the verson of Firefox you are running. You can remove the preference or set it to 'true' to enable the check again.
This will only work with Firefox 2 and above as that was when the option was added. It is documented at this Mozilla page.
http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/articles/mozilla/disable-extension-check.html
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